Please find comments below from Alan Townsend, MD for Monster UK & Ireland, on the ONS employment figures which were issued at 09.30 yesterday.
ìFigures released by the ONS for October show that the UK employment rate has risen to 74.9 per cent, up 0.2 per cent from the last quarter. The UK unemployment rate remains unchanged at 4.7per cent. The overall trend continues as employment and unemployment rates both remain flat,î comments Alan Townsend, MD for Monster UK & Ireland.
ìAt Monster UK, weíve seen how online job opportunities in the UK increased in October after a previously flat period in August and September. The Monster Employment Index has risen solidly, moving up three points to 106 in October, returning the Index to the record level set in July. We also saw a rise in online job demand for service and shop workers for the first time in three months, indicating a pick up in the retail sector. Sales, Marketing and PR registered the highest growth in online job availability.î
Monster quote - Figures from ONS
Figures released by the ONS for October show that the UK employment rate has risen to 74.9 per cent, up 0.2 per cent from the last quarter
